Western Cape house prices are likely to remain level and there is little chance of "real" (inflation-beating) growth this year, says Dianne Brock, general manager of the Western Cape Institute of Estate Agents.

The South African Property Owners Association (Sapoa) is on the verge of taking the ethekwini Municipality to the High Court in a legal effort to have the development surcharges that are being levied against property developers declared illegal and thus withdrawn from implementation.

Reports that toll road plans in the city have been shelved are pure speculation, says the City of Cape Town, as it plans to take two cabinet ministers to court after dispute talks with the SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) failed.